Eastwood, Missouri facts for kids

Eastwood is a small place in southwestern Carter County, in the beautiful Ozarks region of southeast Missouri. It's called an unincorporated community. This means it doesn't have its own local government like a city or town. Instead, the county helps manage things there. Eastwood is located inside the huge Mark Twain National Forest. It's about seven miles south of a town called Van Buren. You can find it where Routes C and F meet.

The Story of Eastwood

Eastwood was officially started, or platted, in the year 1910. It was named after one of the people who helped create it, a man named R. H. Eastwood. A post office was opened in Eastwood in 1911. This post office helped people send and receive letters and packages. It stayed open for about 12 years, closing down in 1923.